Kinzig (Main)

The Kinzig is a river, 87 kilometres long, in southern Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main. Its source is in the Spessart hills at Sterbfritz, near Schlüchtern. The Kinzig flows into the Main in Hanau. The Main-Kinzig-Kreis (district) was named after the river. The towns along the Kinzig are Schlüchtern, Steinau an der Straße, Bad Soden-Salmünster, Gelnhausen, and Hanau. The Kinzig is first recorded in 815 A.D. as Chinzicha.

This article is about the Main tributary in Hesse. For the Rhine tributary in Baden-Württemberg, see Kinzig (Rhine).
Kinzig
Kinzig in the Bulau near Hanau
Course of the Kinzig (interactive map)
Location of mouth
Location
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Reference no.DE: 2478
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location500 m southwest of the village of Sinntal-Sterbfritz
 • coordinates50°18′13″N 9°37′11″E
 • elevation400 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
 • location
West of the Altstadt of Hanau into the Main at river kilometre 55
 • coordinates
50°07′46″N 8°54′08″E
 • elevation
99 m above sea level (NN)
Length87.2 km (54.2 mi)
Basin size1,058 km2 (408 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • location at its mouth
 • average10.97 m³/s
Basin features
ProgressionMain→ Rhine→ North Sea
Landmarks
Tributaries 
 • leftAhlersbach(2478118), Auerbach, Ahlersbach(2478152), Klingbach, Orb, Bieber, Schandelbach, Birkigsbach, Hasselbach, Lache
 • rightRamholzer Wasser, Grennelbach, Elmbach, Riedbach, Steinaubach, Ulmbach, Salz, Bracht, Gründau, Fallbach
WaterbodiesReservoirs: Kinzig-Stausee
NavigableNo (in the Middle Ages from Gelnhausen to its mouth)
Mouth in Hanau

This river played a part in the Battle of Hanau in October 1813, as Napoleon retreated back to the Rhine, after his defeat at the Battle of Leipzig.

There are several German rivers called Kinzig. Another Kinzig flows into the Rhine in Kehl-Auenheim

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